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M s P s Are re Broken In n I Irhe The rhe new boy at nt school always hu has a abad abad abad bad time for or the first fortnight or so 60 c especially If he has joined d nn an Institution with traditions but hut his sufferings are arc nothing to those of oC tho the parliamentary new the boy boy the man who has taken up hi his duties as the representative at 1 Westminster West rest minster of or a few Cew thou thousand and of his fellow fellow- countrymen for aI the first time lie has undergone much during the election lIe He ha has been backed by his opponents and badgered by his own agents an and supporters support support- ers until lie he hardly dares ares to c call ll his hla soul his hla own Then comes the day of ot the opening of parliament and his first appearance appearance ap ap- and unless he Is a very remarkable remarkable remark remark- able ahle man he will experience a scare which will transcend In awfulness an anything of which he has an any previous knowledge In the new parliament there are probably probably probably ably more new hands than there have havo beer hecl at an any oD opening since this legislative assembly was constituted in It Its present form and prohn probably hI t the hc new boy will find comfort In numbers But he will renumber re remember remember re- re member number with trepidation that the there are ure still till a sufficiency of of old stagers to also abao- o overwhelm him with cries of oC Order Or Or- Order der cr Or Order er 1 If U he steps outside the ancient an- an cleat procedure o of tho the house hO The thought of oC f that cr cry Is enough to make snake the bravest novice shrink from the tho ol ordeal al of hid hs first speech ch The new member knows that the houses of oC parliament are are arc guarded h by lynx eyed policemen n whose dut duty la Is to keep unauthorIzed unauthorized persons outside the gates sates Ashe As 5 Ashe he wends his Ya vay to Westminster for the tho first time Ome he probably thinks out a u speech wherein he will assure the man mann manin in an n blue that ho is the the member for or so- so and ind But he wont won't have to say sayan any such thing thing- To his surprise the officer on duty will merely touch his hat perhaps adding addinga a cheery cheer Good day sir The rhe sergeant In charge charro ma may even greet him with How Howare are things In In ller th sIr The Tho new member Js is amazed l. The Tho mystery ry y Is easily I explained Directly the member Is elected elected elect eJect c ed tho parliament house house- force force u s study y his bis v y photograph ThelO oC i J I l rs- rs but hut f thc these hest l' l constables purer forget a Il jiamo namo Oran or 01 oran 1 an address 4 of one of them This Is what they are arc there for Cor The Tho ln swearing of or ofa ofa ora a new member Is not so solemn or formidable for for- a piece of oC business as might b be thought In a case like Uke the tho present tho the members arc turned off oCt In batches of oC a half dozen and the clerks o of the house hand Bibles ails and anal the oath printed Anted on acard a acal acard cal card to all six lx Then they thu repeat the oath kiss the book sl sign their name name In full lull nt Rt tho the table of oC the house shako shake hands with the speaker and tho business Is s ended The first speech and things a member l' nay may mayor or may not do In debate debato worry a anew anew new boy In parliament very much in in- in deed Many tInn m members mal make hake c their their debut debut I by asking questions during question time line and so get Jet used to thu rho sound of their own voice for Cor no matter how practiced u a debater a man ma may be hc once once- he Is Insl Inside e ethe the hou house e he Is pretty sure auto to lo feel fecI like Ilk an absolute novice He lie has to remember a host lost of oC rulf rules s. s For Instance he mil may sit with his hat on but hut If he rises ho he must remove It instantly When he hc sits down after ater speaking he must bc he careful can ful not nol 10 to sit on hIs hla heHl headgear e r thou though h. h as Mr Ir Lucy C i quaintly puts it It An impassioned orator who concludes his hiM speech by h sitting on his hat hilt is regarded as a benefactor of oC his species There are malty funny hat lIat tales going the round of oC the house One Is to the effect that an excited speaker appealing to the line house to lo treat trat the subject subject sub sub- under Son discussion in n a calm and judicial manner swept out his right hand nand handby b by way of ot Illustration With the motion he knocked off art the tho hat o of a member In front of oC him The hat belonged to the thu present premier then financial secretary but Campbell W was S equal to i the occasion lie He replaced It on his head j as If It such a removal was the most ordinary ordinary nary thing in the world Two minutes I later laler It was again swept from rom his head r The victim moved mo out of or the reach of his excited friend and the house collapsed In a roar of oC laugh laughter r. r All AIl around wound the house of or commons before the front benches henches there la is painted on the floor a athIn athin athin thin line of ot red It Is absolutely forbidden forbidden for tor- bidden that a member debating should move In front ClOnt of or that that The rule l la is isa isa a survival of or the tho days doys wl en all gentlemen wore swords M. M P ls l''s got into nn an awkward awkward awk awk- ward habit of or trying to enforce their ar arguments r- r on the opposition forces with tho point of their bright small swords So the rule was made and the tho lie line drawn and to this day lIay an unwary front bench man who puts but a it too toa over oyer that line would be shout shouted d down b by Order Order and prevented from front proceeding until he lie had drawn back Another rule Is Isto isto to the Ito effect that a member must not pass a speaking member and the tho speaker If a new boy hay is so unwise ac as to try It U the whole house will draw his attention to his conduct and he will wm only snake make matters wor worse e by falling CIt on his hands and knees and trying to crawl to lo his seat as 88 more than one new memmer mom mem- mer has been know to do in his hla sud sudden Jon nervousness The rhe rule against speaking of oC a member fellow by hy name when whoa I speak speak- eakIns eak- eak r lag Ins In the house IB is well known but mon many manya a maiden speech h has been heen suddenly in interrupted ln- ln because an n agitated novice hits has forgotten that he must always use uee the form torm the member for 01 So- So So end nd |